News of The War

"News of The War" – plenty of news coming in, and yet Britain's still not at war. However! Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters turn the pages to find out what's happening on the continent. Germany. Russia. More Germany. More Germany with a side of Poland. Wit, grit, and guaranteed swerves into the smalls - oo-er - of the Second World War.

"News of The War" – Beating the war drums, wooden tanks, sandcastles and sandbags (get yer seams the right way round...) - and Pandas, of course. Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the Small Ads, Letters to the Editor and Dictator of the Week during the Second World War.

"News of The War" – Ich Bin ein Berliner - what, already? It's war, I tell you! War!! Pull up a sandbag, shake loose the pages - Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the Small Ads, Letters to the Editor and Dictator of the Week during the Second World War.

"News of The War" – Phoney War? Nor 'arf. From the dogs of war to Dictator of The Week, there's also a great romp through the Illustrated London News - see (hear!) how those immense pictures were created, all through the war. Pull up a sandbag, shake loose the pages - Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War.

"News of The War" – So the King's making his speech, the Pope turns out to be a bit of no good 'un, and Old Bill takes on a whole new meaning - pull up a sandbag, shake loose the pages - Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War.

"News of The War" – We’re back! It’s a second season! Well, the war did go on a bit. The bombing’s started, or has it? Bomb tests, brilliant decisions by the BBC, and brmmm brmmm – despatch riders get more than a worthy mention. Pull up a sandbag, rattle your shilling - Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War.